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Decentralized Data Marketplaces - Blockchain and Privacy
When Amazon’s Greg Linden applied for a patent for “item to item collaborative filtering” in 1998, he couldn’t possibly have imagined the societal impact it would have. Previously, Amazon had used data based on an individual's purchases to recommend a product they might like; this approach was inefficient because it recommended things that were extremely similar to what the customer had bought before. In fact, this first method of using data was so bad that Amazon was almost better off h...
Decentralized Data Marketplaces - Blockchain and Privacy
When Amazon’s Greg Linden applied for a patent for “item to item collaborative filtering” in 1998, he couldn’t possibly have imagined the societal impact it would have. Previously, Amazon had used data based on an individual's purchases to recommend a product they might like; this approach was inefficient because it recommended things that were extremely similar to what the customer had bought before. In fact, this first method of using data was so bad that Amazon was almost better off h...
Software Directing Humans: Axes of the DAO Innovation Space
By: Alex Debayo-Doherty Cover Art: Seerlight - High-RiseExamining the Challenges, Intrinsic Strengths, and Target Design Principles of the Emerging DAO EcosystemIntentionThe intention of the piece is to offer a thesis-driven overview of the DAO innovation landscape and consider which organizational models will prevail in such a nascent space. Any survey of the DAO landscape at present is destined to become quickly outdated. In an effort to provide a more enduring analysis, this piece focuses ...
Software Directing Humans: Axes of the DAO Innovation Space
By: Alex Debayo-Doherty Cover Art: Seerlight - High-RiseExamining the Challenges, Intrinsic Strengths, and Target Design Principles of the Emerging DAO EcosystemIntentionThe intention of the piece is to offer a thesis-driven overview of the DAO innovation landscape and consider which organizational models will prevail in such a nascent space. Any survey of the DAO landscape at present is destined to become quickly outdated. In an effort to provide a more enduring analysis, this piece focuses ...
Inside the Vault: A closer look at DOVs
IntroductionDeFi options have seen phenomenal growth in 2021 and now 2022, with its Total Value Locked (TVL) booming from 92 million dollars a year ago to over a billion as of May 2022.Data from: https://defillama.com/protocols/Options (link accessed 04/10/2022)This article introduces DeFi Option Vaults (DOVs) as a new financial innovation within the DeFi options space and examines how DOVs work and their four unique value propositions: accessibility, sustainable yield, altcoin options liquid...
Inside the Vault: A closer look at DOVs
IntroductionDeFi options have seen phenomenal growth in 2021 and now 2022, with its Total Value Locked (TVL) booming from 92 million dollars a year ago to over a billion as of May 2022.Data from: https://defillama.com/protocols/Options (link accessed 04/10/2022)This article introduces DeFi Option Vaults (DOVs) as a new financial innovation within the DeFi options space and examines how DOVs work and their four unique value propositions: accessibility, sustainable yield, altcoin options liquid...
HBC 2022
A clear highlight of the club’s first year was HBC 2022, the inaugural blockchain and web3 conference hosted by the blockchain clubs at Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School, and ourselves at Harvard College. The mission behind the conference was to bring together thinkers, investors, builders, and policymakers at the cutting edge of web3 and have them share their perspectives (and maybe spill a little alpha!) on the decentralized economy. The conference was completely free and attracte...
HBC 2022
A clear highlight of the club’s first year was HBC 2022, the inaugural blockchain and web3 conference hosted by the blockchain clubs at Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School, and ourselves at Harvard College. The mission behind the conference was to bring together thinkers, investors, builders, and policymakers at the cutting edge of web3 and have them share their perspectives (and maybe spill a little alpha!) on the decentralized economy. The conference was completely free and attracte...
Predicting ETH Volatility Using Squeeth
Squeeth is a new DeFi product released by Opyn in January. As the first on-chain power perpetual, Squeeth is similar to an option without an expiry date or a strike price. In addition to increasing liquidity in the options market, some have suggested that Squeeth can be used to hedge Uniswap LPs, hedge all ETH/USD options, and predict the volatility of ETH in the short term. This piece will investigate whether Squeeth adequately serves this purpose.Different Types of VolatilityBefore we analy...
Predicting ETH Volatility Using Squeeth
Squeeth is a new DeFi product released by Opyn in January. As the first on-chain power perpetual, Squeeth is similar to an option without an expiry date or a strike price. In addition to increasing liquidity in the options market, some have suggested that Squeeth can be used to hedge Uniswap LPs, hedge all ETH/USD options, and predict the volatility of ETH in the short term. This piece will investigate whether Squeeth adequately serves this purpose.Different Types of VolatilityBefore we analy...
